Thinking of building. Advice/recommendations welcomed.

Russ88765

Russ88765

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Hey what's up? I was thinking about making a desktop that I can use for heavy gaming and music production(I can't find the specs I like on laptop systems). It must be able to run most anything pretty smooth, but it doesn't have to be the best out there. I'd like to avoid anything I don't need, and keep costs down. Budget is pretty flexible and i'm fine with waiting for quality stuff, so i'm going to get each part gradually as i'm able to. Anyways, I did some research and came up with some lists- if anyone has recommendations or advice on anything, cool.

(AMD system)

VIDEO- Xfx radeon 5970 black edition($700)

CASE- Lian Li pc p80 armorsuit($320)

MOBO- Asus Crosshair IV Formula($230), or Gigabyte 890fxa-ud7($240)

CPU- Amd phenom II x6 1090($300)

HD- Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2tb, 3.5", sata-3g($110)

CD/DVD DRIVE- MSI DH-18D5S 18X DVDROM Drive - DVD-ROM 18X, CD-ROM 48X, SATA($20)

MEMORY-
~Corsair CMT8GX3M4A1866C9 Dominator GT Dual
Channel 8192MB PC15000 DDR3 8gig($280, for the crosshair mobo), OR
~Corsair CMT12GX3M6A1866C9 Dominator GT
Triple Channel 12GB PC15000 DDR3 Memory($410, for
Gigabyte 890fx UD7 mobo- keep 8gb and sell off extra 4gb)

SOUND- Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCIe Sound Card($180)

POWER SUPPLY- Ultra X4 1050-Watt Modular Power Supply ($200)

TOTAL == $2410?
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(Intel system)

MOBO- ASUS P6T7 WS SuperComputer Motherboard($400)

CPU- Intel BX80613i7980X Core i7 980X Extreme Edition Processor($1000)

VIDEO- Xfx radeon hd 5970 black edition - $714

CASE- Lian Li pc p80 armorsuit($320)

HD- Western Digital WD20EARS Caviar Green 2tb, 3.5", sata-3g($110)

CD/DVD- MSI DH-18D5S 18X DVDROM Drive - DVD-ROM 18X, CD-ROM 48X, SATA($20)

MEMORY- Patriot Sector 7 DDR3 6GB (3x2GB) PC16000 2000MHz - $224

SOUND- Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCIe Sound Card - ($180)

POWER- Ultra X4 1050-Watt Modular Power Supply ($200)

TOTAL == $3168?
 
You really only need 4gb for gaming, but audio/video production might need more. i'd stick with 8gb for what you're doing.

The 980x ain't worth the $1000 price tag. I'd stick with the 1090T if you're set on a hexacore.

The 5970 is a good card also. You might have less trouble with a beefy single card such as a 5870 or GTX 480, as well as less power draw.
 
Are those two processors much different aside from bus and cache stats? If it's worth saving, that's alright- just want to be sure before starting. Which mobo should I use? The Gigabyte lets me use faster memory, but less capacity. It also says "1866+", so does that mean I can use 1866 up to 2500mhz ram with it?
 
to be honest before you build see what you can pick up on ebay, you might be able to buy and mod something for less, I've found that is the case in the last few years.
 
I would think u can search ebay for laptops too i mean im not sure how easy they are to custombuild but id say go for it checking
 
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